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We also have our Movie Night tradition coming up, 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 starts at 4pm ET.

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Eat me! We once were pets but now we're food!

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"I've decided to scalp you and burn your village to the ground."

https://youtu.be/qnGnj_e6gBw?si=RWaZXf3lAeKbUYj6

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Next week, yeah, well, that's just like, your opinion, man. It's 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢. https://open.substack.com/pub/ziggywiggy/p/wonkette-movie-night-nov-23-the-big?r=2knfuc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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yeeeeees

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From the It Could Be Worse Department:

"Panic in UK city as horde of rats escapes from massive sinkhole with locals terrified

A tide of chittering vermin has enveloped a housing estate and destroyed 22 vehicles according to reports."

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1977043/panic-uk-city-horde-rats-nottingham?utm_source=daily_express_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=auto_daily_newsletter&utm_content=&utm_term=&ruid=a9579894-f0c3-4ba4-bc42-adb3e2f5a88e

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By June, I bet we’ll all be begging for the halcyon days of the rats.

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And in Nottingham, our most Hamelin-like city.

Fucking Brexit means we can't just stick a piper on a ferry and have him fix it.

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"Corrupt DOJ’s Criminal Actions Against Alex Jones To Be Investigated By Trump DOJ

Alex Jones discusses former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark’s breakdown of the unfolding scandal with the The Onion’s rigged bid of Infowars in a secret sale disguised as an auction and what is likely to come next."

When will these Sandy Hook parents be jailed in Guantanamo??

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Huh. I don't think the DOJ was involved in CIVIL case against Jones and his company.

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What does that have to do with their plans for revenge? I saw where they are planning to compile a list of the officers who at the Afghanistan airport and try to court marshal them for ruining Orange Turd's perfect plan.

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It doesn't matter. Trump has never said a single cogent thing about government in his life, why should he start now?

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Oh, but the Bankruptcy Courts are Federal courts who do as Biden says!

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I hate these fucking fascists.

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Singer/songwriter Gene Clark of the Byrds was born this day in 1944. Here's the best Byrds song you've never heard, "One in a Hundred":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zorBEyIl7rw

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So this is as Cat as a purr and a paw shake. https://substack.com/@tootsstansbury/note/c-77592121

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https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3lb5kculdtc2j

I mean. I respect Elisha Otis, and he did benefit mankind but it's fair to ask- at what cost?

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Is that David Arquette in the middle?

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Please no.

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The Lovely Missus Werewolf is driving up to Santa Monica today. Her stepmother (FIL’s second wife) has a really nasty cancer-she’s in the hospital right now because the tumor was pressing on her urethra and preventing her from peeing. She has a catheter now, and we’re hoping they can start chemo while she’s inpatient. To be clear, it’s palliative chemo-there’s no chance of remission. She’ll die in the next year or year and a half. My sister in law is freaking out, so the Missus is going there to support her. We were going to spend the day together to celebrate my birthday last week. Fuck cancer.

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I did not know there was such a thing as palliative chemo, I thought chemo was always the nuclear option for when you're willing to suffer through anything to survive. Shows what I know (nothing).

Anyway, I'm sorry to hear that. Fuck cancer. I hope she gets to live with as good as possible quality of life for her remaining time.

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In cases where a tumor is causing a lot of pain, it’s used to shrink the tumor. Chemo is particularly effective on this kind of cancer-but once it’s metastatic, it can only delay the inevitable.

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Dang, sorry to hear that. Fuck cancer indeed, took my Dad.

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Aw, man. Sorry.

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Yes, fuck cancer. Did I know it was your birthday? In case I missed it, have this late: Happy birthday. May your next trip around the sun bless you with love, health, peace, grace, abundance, prosperity, integrity, longevity, laughter, tears, friendship, courage, compassion, creativity, community, and joy. 🌺

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Sorry man.

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I am so sorry.

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I am so sorry. I hope she spends her last months, or year, in as much joy as she can.

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I’m sorry, and yes, fuck cancer.

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I am so sorry, cousin. Your wife is such a wonderful woman to be there for her stepmother and her father as well when they're suffering. It breaks my heart, however, that you also have to make sacrifices as well. Particularly now with our world in chaos.

Willing you all of my love and what strength I possess as intensely as I can, my friend. Please keep yourself safe and find something beautiful to just enjoy because it is there. <3

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She’s there to support her (half-) sister. FIL is on wife #3, and they live here in San Diego (he’s not doing so great, either).

It’s a beautiful day here-I’ll go for a long bike ride in a bit. And probably go for a nice walk with the dogs.

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Solidarity, Were...

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Strength and peace to you, friend.

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Well, this appears to be the dumbest sentence I've read today, courtesy of one of President Fat Ass (PFA) choices to run the US Treasury:

“Bitcoin is the currency of freedom, a hedge against inflation for middle class Americans.”

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Funny how much that sounds like the sort of pitch you'd get from an MLM or Ponzi scheme.

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I came to terms long with the fact that I'll never be able to afford retirement, so the Social Security trust fund's impending cryptofication isn't personal. Still, one can't help but feel awful for people who depend on getting actual money every month.

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JFC. Bitcoin isn't a currency, it's (at best) a penny stock scam. Can you imagine what would happen if the US dollar was no longer a reserve currency?

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Bitcoin is more traceable and harder to counterfeit than a regular currency, the value is incredibly unstable, and transactions are incredibly polluting. But why do you say it is not a currency? What definition are we using here?

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Yes. We're looking forward to it.

- Pan Gongsheng, Governor, People's Bank of China

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"(suckers!")

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I am now taking bets on the final result for what will almost certainly be the world-record speedrun of "how fast can we take a roaring economy and turn it into the worst collapse in history?"

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My entire family has committed to low buy/no buy starting in January. Because fuck republicans is why.

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What will be the official historical start date of what will be known as the Greatest Global Depression??

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My money's on a crash before the end of summer.

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The question isn’t whether or not we’re fucked, it’s how fucked are we?

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FULL fucking stop.

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Do you take bananacoins?...

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Only if they are distributed in the spaces between large strawberries which are resideng in a pre-baked pie shell and immersed in a thickened strawberry syrup and covered in a generous layer of whipped cream. AKA strawberry banana pie. ( A specialty of my late MIL and late wife.)

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That sounds delicious!

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It is considered by many members of my family to be to be the most delicious pie of all. I don't eat anything with added sugar ( to avoid diabetes) , so i haven't made one in the last twenty years.( I do still make the holiday apple pies because everyone seems to like my version, but I don't eat them.

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Imagine you’re God, your finger hovering over the “smite” button, hesitating to push it because you’re kinda bummed out about the sunk cost of your creation and all. Then imagine you read that sentence…

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The Depraved Despot almost certainly gets kick-backs from these bitcoin crooks for encouraging and promoting the investment in fiat [FAKE!!!] $$$ by American citizens.

It's not as if any of THEM give a fuck whom they bankrupt.

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well, the day is still young.

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I don't get to go climbing with my kid today because he has too much homework. Can't learn to be a good corporate drone if you don't learn to spend all your weekends and free time on busy work.

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Got the levain going for what my family calls “poop bread.” Not because it tastes like poop. But because it will make anyone poop. Constipation a problem? Not anymore. One thick slice of Lisa’s poop bread and you’re good to go. 10 grains and seeds. 100% whole meal.

I’m adding dried tart cherries to it for a little extra somethin somethin.

My life is boring.

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That sounds excellent! Is it a yeast bread or sourdough?

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Sourdough. For whatever reason I find fermented breads easier to digest. Also I think they taste better and keep longer.

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Yes! Sourdough bread is DEFINITELY easier to digest and tastes better and keeps longer. I have to make another sourdough starter. Wild yeasts for the WIN.

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Nothing boring about freshly-baked homemade bread. ‘Tis the stuff of life! And yours sounds so tasty.

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Add a little rye swirl. You could sell it at the farmer’s market. Lisa’s Swirly Black Forest Poop Loaf, cures what ails you!

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Get a wagon and a horse, and take it on the road!

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"Lisa's Cleanse Bread".

It's got to be part of a three day cleanse.

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Colon Hurricane Loaf?

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Poopacolypse!

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I have a big bag of Montmorency cherries in my pantry. I need to make poop bread! XD XD XD

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But regular!

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𝗢𝗵 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗼𝗯𝗯𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀

𝘖𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬?

https://substack.com/@jefftiedrich/p-151696446

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Now just wait a minute, let's hear him out!

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Let's just see him out...

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But let him speak what he has left of his mind first!

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Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...

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I just read this--so good.

Also the tweet (I believe it was) from someone who was like, "Everyone needs to stop freaking out about raw milk! If you boil it it's totally fine!" which may be one of my favorite idiot comments for so many reasons.

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Circular illogic.

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Wait, they weren't snarking?

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The tone of that thread strongly suggests that the individual who posted that does NOT understand pasteurization.

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It didn't seem from the rest of their posts that they were.

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It blows my mind that not really that long ago, people were thinking that it was so FUCKING AMAZING that they could get pasteurized milk--"remember how my sister Gladys died so needlessly? Won't happen to you kids!" and now we've got "raw milk is magic--those people who had 45 year lifespans on average were ON TO SOMETHING!"

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But what if you want cattle-borne tuberculosis? Huh, libs?

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FREEDOM!

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We're surrounded by stupid.

And there was a piece in The Guardian about how magic and superstition are on the rise. Jesus Fuck. :(

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Polio

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Huh...I'm starting to think Democrats may not be the "threat from within."

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member due to a tattoo on his bicep that's associated with white supremacist groups.

Hegseth, who has downplayed the role of military members and veterans in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and railed against the Pentagon’s subsequent efforts to address extremism in the ranks, has said he was pulled by his District of Columbia National Guard unit from guarding Joe Biden’s January 2021 inauguration. He's said he was unfairly identified as an extremist due to a cross tattoo on his chest.

This week, however, a fellow Guard member who was the unit’s security manager and on an anti-terrorism team at the time, shared with The Associated Press an email he sent to the unit’s leadership flagging a different tattoo reading “Deus Vult” that’s been used by white supremacists, concerned it was an indication of an “Insider Threat.”

I'm also starting to think a rapist, white nationalist, with zero experience or credentials, MAY not be the right person to head up the Pentagon.

https://news.yahoo.com/news/trump-defense-pick-had-flagged-205034367.html

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That’s exactly the plan.

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"God wills it" Which one?

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Kali.

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Kali-Ma LIBELZ!!1!!!!!11!!!!

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'In the interests of world peace, we will be withdrawing all our military assets from Europe.'

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Haha the new cabinet members' jobs are not to run their agencies, it is to go on TV and praise Donald Trump. That is all.

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“…however, a fellow Guard member who was the unit’s security manager and on an anti-terrorism team at the time…”

Oh, so one of those elite/snobby “experts,” who not only had access to education/information about the subject at hand, but also actually interacted with the individual in question? Please, I’ll decide who is and who isn’t a white supremacist by doing my own research!

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What could POSSIBLY go wrong with putting a white, Christofascist, in charge of the Pentagon? No more diversity!

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That "Deus Vult" bullshit is basically him being on the side of christofascists that want to literally *kill* anyone who won't convert.

God wills it.

Fuck all the way off with that shit. We have a constitutional right to NOT FUCKING BELIEVE IN THIS SHIT!

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The battle-cry of the genocidal Nazis in chain mail known as “Crusaders”.

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Yep. :( :(

That tattoo should be disqualifying. If something similar were sported on a Dem, all Hell would fucking break loose.

I'm so beyond tired of right wingers being held to a different standard.

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For now.

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funny, that's not what Putin said...

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Putin must be enjoying the shit out of his massive victory. Next stop - POLAND!

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